2020/21 GISB ‘Orientation Week’ – Learning How to Surf
I was recently listening to my new favorite podcast called ‘Wisdom of the Sages’ and one of the hosts shared an interesting analogy. He said that if we want to successfully navigate life's challenges, we just need to ‘learn how to surf.' What this means is that life is like an ocean and the waves are all of what life throws at us over and over and over again. We can either let the waves push us down to the surface or drag us to a place where we don’t want to go. Or we can learn how to surf; maintain our balance and make best efforts to determine our own path on the face of each wave knowing that the rest is out of our control. Covid-19 is a tidal wave that is only gaining momentum and most people are either swimming wildly to stay afloat or on the verge of getting pulled under. Over the past six months, I’ve primarily had the experience of just being able to keep my head above water for long enough to come up with a plan to ensure survival before getting knocked down again.